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Olivia Langdon Clemens (November 27, 1845 – June 5, 1904) was the wife of the American author Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known ... Jervis was a very wealthy coal businessman. The family was religious, reformist, and abolitionist. Olivia, called Livy, was educated by a combination of home tutoring and classes at Thurston's Female ...

Olivia Langdon Clemens was born Olivia Louise Langdon on Nov. 27, 1845, in Elmira, N.Y., the daughter of Jervis and Olivia Langdon. She had a younger brother, Charles, and an adopted older sister, Susan. Olivia was called “Livy” by her friends and family, and by her husband, Samuel L. Clemens, whom she married on Feb. 2, 1870.

Olivia Louise Langdon Clemens (1845-1904), familiarly known as "Livy," was born and raised in Elmira, New York, the daughter of wealthy coal merchant Jervis Langdon (1809–70) and Olivia Lewis Langdon (1810–90). The Langdons were strongly religious, reformist, and abolitionist.

Livy. Undated note from Olivia Langdon Clemens to Samuel Clemens, during her 1902-1903 confinement period. In May 1903, Samuel and Olivia sold their Hartford home and left for Florence, Italy, where it was hoped that pleasant weather might ease Olivia’s health issues, but episodes of heart failure continued, until, on the evening of 5 June ...

Olivia Clemens. Olivia Langdon (1845-1904), wife of Sam Clemens, was born to a wealthy, abolitionist family in Elmira, ... "Livy disapproved of drinking, smoking, Western manners, and even humorists, and he courted her by offering, in all sincerity, to make over his character and his habits to meet her desires. For a while, he came close to ...

Olivia Langdon, known as Livy, was a thoroughly proper easterner, while Sam was a rugged man of the West. Livy came from a family that was rich and well-educated, while Sam had grown up poor and ...

Olivia “Livy” Langdon Clemens (1845-1904) was the wife of Samuel Clemens (known by the pen name Mark Twain). Join Historic Geneva’s Executive Director Kerry Lippincott to learn more about Livy and Clemens’ family life. The program is free and open to the public.

Olivia “Livy” Langdon Clemens (1845-1904) was the wife of Samuel Clemens. Livy grew up in an affluent, pious, and abolitionist household. Though physically frail, her upbringing afforded her much mental stimulation from many of the leading intellectuals, abolitionists, and feminists that her parents hosted.

Olivia Langdon Clemens, often called “Livy” by her husband, was born on 27 November 1845 to Jervis Langdon, a wealthy businessman, and his wife, Olivia Lewis Langdon, in Elmira, New York. The family was religious, reformist, and abolitionist. Olivia was tutored at home and attended the Thurston’s Female Seminary and Elmira Female College ...

Olivia Susan Clemens. Olivia Susan Clemens‚ called “Susy” by her family‚ was the second child and the oldest of three daughters. Born March 19‚ 1872‚ Susy was a baby when Langdon died‚ and after his death both parents doted on Susy. Their close attachment to her remained significant throughout her youth and young adulthood.

Their son, Langdon, was born premature in 1870, and passed away after only 19 months from diphtheria, a respiratory illness. In 1872 the Clemens had their first daughter, Olivia Susan Clemens, named after her mother and dubbed "Susy" from a young age. Livy homeschooled the apparently precocious and witty child herself.

Olivia Langdon Clemens was the wife of the famous American author, Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as Mark Twain. ... Elmira, NY. Jervis was a very wealthy coal businessman. The family was religious, reformist, and abolitionist. Olivia, called Livy, was educated by a combination of home tutoring and classes at Thurston’s Female ...

Samuel and Olivia Clemens were married on February 2, 1870 in the Langdon House on Church St. in Elmira. But, as Twain reports, “There was a deal of courtship. ... he encountered Livy first as an ivory miniature in her brother’s room aboard the Quaker City steamer off the coast of Turkey in the summer of 1867. He met her in person later ...

Compare DNA and explore genealogy for Olivia (Langdon) Clemens born 1845 Elmira, Chemung, New York, United States died 1904 Florence, Italy including ancestors + descendants + 2 photos + 1 family memories + 1 genealogist comments + DNA connections + more in the free family tree community. ... 2024), memorial page for Olivia Iona Louise “Livy ...

Olivia Langdon Clemens was the wife of the American author Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known under his pen name Mark Twain. ... Jervis was a very wealthy coal businessman. The family was religious, reformist, and abolitionist. Olivia, called Livy, was educated by a combination of home tutoring and classes at Thurston's Female Seminary and ...

This is the first book-length biography of Olivia Langdon Clemens, Mark Twain's wife. Livy was an intelligent, well-educated woman of Victorian values and sensibilities who lived a charmed and tragic life. Raised in the wealthiest family in Elmira, New York, she married the man destined to become the best known American in the world. She befriended the literary elite of America and Europe ...

Samuel Clemens (a.k.a Mark Twain) and Olivia (“Livy”) Langdon were married on February 2, 1870, in the Langdon family parlor in Elmira, New York. Officiating were the family’s friend and minister, the Rev. Thomas K. Beecher, minister of Elmira’s Congregational Church (and brother to Harriet Beecher Stowe and Henry Ward Beecher), and the ...

Olivia “Livy” Langdon Clemens (1845-1904) was the wife of Samuel Clemens. Livy grew up in an affluent, pious, and abolitionist household. Though physically frail, her upbringing afforded her much mental stimulation from many of the leading intellectuals, abolitionists, and feminists that her parents hosted.

Olivia Langdon Clemens, often known as "Livy" or "Mrs. Clemens," is the wife of Mark Twain. She spends much of her life as an invalid due to partial paralysis caused by a fall on ice at the age of ...

Livy’s Windows: How the Hartford House Began “I think I have about decided what we shall do about building,” Olivia Langdon Clemens wrote to her husband, Samuel Langhorne Clemens, in December 1871. He was on a multi-state lecture tour, two months after the couple had moved to Hartford, Connecticut, with their infant son.